Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of the patients.

Subject	n = 491
Age, median (range), years	67 (18–97)
Sex (Male/Female)	288/202
Diagnosis, n (%)
NTM-PD	31 (6.3)
NTM (not meet the diagnostic criteria)	50 (10.2)
Pulmonary TB	203 (41.3)
Pneumonia	58 (11.8)
Malignant diseases	36 (7.3)
Radiological findings compatible with cured TB	30 (6.1)
Inflammatory lesions	27 (5.5)
Diffuse interstitial lung disease	15 (3.1)
Bronchiectasis	12 (2.4)
Mycosis	6 (1.2)
Other lung diseases	23 (4.7)

NTM-PD Nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease, TB Tuberculosis.